RSN Silk Shading: Day 5 and 6

So I did start my bottom blossom on Day 5.  I actually started it a few times that day and that evening!  Let's just say Day 5 and the morning of Day 6 was spent practicing the art of picking out!  Usually I take photos of the bad and the picking out progress, as I think the mangled threads can be very beautiful in a kind of twisted way, but I guess this time I was too into the process of stitching and picking.  I did not realize until after it was all picked out that I had forgotten to photograph it.  Here is my progress though at the end of Day 6: